Browsing Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT) by Title
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Amplifying Ambiguities. Art on the Fringes of Biotechnology
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-05-31)This doctoral dissertation presents a study of artists’ engagements with wet biotechnologies, considering ‘bioart’ in relation to related approaches. Bioart is at present emerging as an important art form ... -
Analysis of wind condition and power production from wind turbines on farms in Norway
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Our world is heating up; we have reached a global temperature of 1.1 °C and will surpass the 1.5-degree target, and as the world increases its electrification, more power is needed. The current global electricity mix ... -
Applying Principles of Sociotechnical Systems onto Working Environment Research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The sociotechnical system approach induced a consistent system thinking into the Scandinavian working life research. Workers’ social and psychological needs and technical/systemic conditions were seen as deeply interdependent. ... -
Beyond rules: How institutional cultures and climate governance interact
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Institutions have a central role in climate change governance. But while there is a flourishing literature on institutions' formal rules, processes, and organizational forms, scholars lament a relative lack of attention ... -
Biotechnology: Action and choice in second modernity.
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-11) -
Boundary experts: Science and politics in measuring the Sustainable Development Goals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) purport to cleanly separate politics and technical matters, embodied by the political negotiation of goals and targets, and the technical creation of an indicator framework. This ... -
Brokerage at the science–policy interface: from conceptual framework to practical guidance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article analyses the conceptual framework of brokerage at the science–policy interface as an important boundary function to support trusted and transparent government decision-making. Policymaking involves a broad ... -
Building climate resilience in deltas amid uncertainty and surprise
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Delta management has been quite successful at reducing historical risks. However, climate change and the myriad of other challenges that deltas face involve many uncertainties and unknowns, leading to potential surprises ... -
Cancer Biomarkers: Ethics, Economics and Society
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The Challenge of Quantification: An Interdisciplinary Reading
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The present work looks at what we call “the multiverse of quantification”, where visible and invisible numbers permeate all aspects and venues of life. We review the contributions of different authors who focus on the roles ... -
Characterisation of Megabenthic Community Structure at the Fåvne Hydrothermal Vent Field, with Implications for Environmental Management of Seabed Mining
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)There is an increased interest for deep-sea mining in Norwegian waters due to the potential use of minerals in the green shift. However, concerns have been raised regarding the sustainability of such activities. This study ... -
The Circular Economy in Europe.Critical Perspectives on Policies and Imaginaries
(Book; Peer reviewed, 2020) -
Co-producing representations of summer rainfall in Bangladesh
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Climate adaptation governance increasingly investigates the cultural capacities of communities to cope with climate variability and change. This paper reports on research of the symbolic representations of summer rainfall ... -
Communication as Transmission and as Ritual: Dewey’s Account of Communication and Carey’s Cultural Approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Communication theorist James W. Carey distinguishes between two different views of communication in the later work of John Dewey. A transmission view takes communication as transmission of messages for the control of ... -
Complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity: Implications for European Union energy governance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Energy security is an ambiguous concept. Growing academic interest has aimed at defining, conceptualising and measuring energy security, often through indicators. Energy policy in the European Union (EU) is not concerned ... -
Considerations for management strategy evaluation for small pelagic fishes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Management strategy evaluation (MSE) is the state-of-the-art approach for testing and comparing management strategies in a way that accounts for multiple sources of uncertainty (e.g. monitoring, estimation, and implementation). ... -
Contingent faculty in ecology and STEM: an uneven landscape of challenges for higher education
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The number of contingent or non‐tenure‐track faculty at colleges and universities in the United States has been growing over the past several decades; they now constitute nearly 70% of the non‐student academic workforce. ...